Content

In the News

May 28, 2017

Miller in the Arab Weekly: The Perils of Mounting Escalation in Libya

By Elissa Miller

Read the full article here.

Libya

MENASource

May 25, 2017

The Barak al-Shati Massacre Shows a Weakened UN-Supported Government and a Fractured Country

By Hani Shennib

On May 18, militias belonging to the Misratan Third Force and its affiliates launched an attack on the Libyan National Army (LNA) in Barak al-Shati, an airport base in the Libyan province of Fezzan, and killed 141 Libyan army personnel and civilians, according to LNA sources. Many were unarmed and were shot in the head […]

Libya

New Atlanticist

May 24, 2017

Manchester Bombing Puts Libya’s ISIS Problem Back in the Spotlight

By Ashish Kumar Sen

A horrific suicide bombing in Manchester has put a spotlight on Libya—the North African nation where the chaos that has prevailed for the better part of the past six years has become a fertile breeding ground for a mélange of terrorist groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). “What Manchester shows is […]

Libya

MENASource

May 23, 2017

Tactical Lessons from the Ejection of ISIS from Sirte

By Dr Alia Brahimi and Jason Pack

In December 2016, ISIS was ejected from Sirte by a coalition of forces allied to the UN-backed government. US airstrikes and special operations by western forces were integral to the campaign and, combined, provided the tipping point. This article proposes three tactical lessons from the campaign – which, of course, contain within them strategic implications. 

Libya

In the News

May 18, 2017

Mezran Quoted in Al Jazeera English on Meeting Between Libyan Rival Leaders

By Karim Mezran

Read the full article here.

Libya

MENASource

May 16, 2017

Strategic Lessons from the Ejection of ISIS from Sirte

By Dr Alia Brahimi and Jason Pack

Though accompanied by curiously little fanfare, the Obama administration’s most significant victory against the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) came not in Iraq or Syria, but in Libya. After eight months of fighting, the coastal city of Sirte was ‘liberated’ in December 2016, by a coalition of forces allied to the UN-backed government in Tripoli.

Libya

In the News

May 7, 2017

Miller in The Arab Weekly: A Possible Breakthrough for Libya

By Elissa Miller

Read the full article here.

Libya

In the News

May 5, 2017

Mezran Meets with US-Libyan Business Association

By Karim Mezran

Read the full article here.

Libya

In the News

May 4, 2017

Eljarh Quoted by Bloomberg on the Deal Between Libya’s Feuding Administrations

By Mohamed Eljarh

Read the full article here.

Libya

In the News

Apr 23, 2017

Miller in the Arab Weekly: Escalation in Libya’s South Could be Harbinger of Worse Things to Come

By Elissa Miller

Read the full article here.

Libya

Experts